Primary texts
• Conducta impropia (dir.Néstor Almendros y Orlando Jiménez-Leal, 1984) (film/documentary)
• Senel Paz, El lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo, (México City: Era, 1991) (short story).
• Fresa y chocolate (dir.Tomás Gutiérrez AleayJuan Carlos Tabío, 1993)
• Zoé Valdés, La nada cotidiana.(Barcelona: Emecé, 1995)
• Cosas que dejé en la Habana (dir. GutieŕrezAragoń, Manuel; Herrero, Gerardo; Paz, Senel, 2001)
• Nancy Morejón, Poemas.
List of suggested text/films for the comparative essay
Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, Trilogía sucia de La Habana, (Barcelona: Anagrama, 1998)
Leonardo Padura , Máscaras, (Barcelona: Tusquets, 1997).
Wendy Guerra, Todos se van, (Barcelona: Anagrama,2014).
Ena Lucía Portela, Cien botellas en una pared(Barcelona: RandomHouseMondadori. 2002).
Before Night Falls(dir.Julian Schnabel, 2000)
La película de Ana (dir. Daniel Díaz Torres, 2012)
Mirta Yáñez, El Bufalo Ciego y Otros Cuentos (La Habana: Unión. 2008). (shortstories)
7 Dias en La Habana(dir. Laurent Cantet, Benicio Del Toro, Julio Medem, Gaspar Noé, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabío, Pablo Trapero, 2012)
Lista de Espera (dir.Juan Carlos Tabío, 2000)
Viva (dir.Paddy Breathnach, 2015)
Memorias del subdesarrollo (dir.Tomás Gutiérrez Alea,1968)
Gutiérrez, Pedro Juan, El Rey de La Habana (Barcelona: Anagarama, 1999)
Juan de los Muertos (dir.AlejandroBrugués, 2011)
Havana Blues ( dir.Benito Zambrano, 2005)
Una Noche (dir. Lucy Mulloy, 2012)
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